City of Farmington Hills 2018 Major Road Projects

13 Mile Road Rehabilitation, Middlebelt Road to Inkster Road

13 Mile Road between Middlebelt and Inkster is currently closed to thru traffic. A detour route has been posted. This project is scheduled to be substantially completed and open to traffic in mid to late August.

Inkster Road Rehabilitation, Northwestern Highway to 13 Mile Road

Inkster Road between Northwestern Highway and 13 Mile Road is closed as of May 15. A detour route has been posted that accommodates this project as well as the 13 Mile Road Project identified above. Local access to residents on Inkster Road is being maintained from Northwestern Highway. This project is scheduled to be substantially completed and open to traffic in mid to late August.

13 Mile Road Rehabilitation, Drake to Farmington

Currently, local access is being maintained in the westbound direction only. The next stage of construction is scheduled to begin May 23 and will require moving traffic to the south side of 13 Mile Road. To accommodate this upcoming work, traffic and local access will be maintained in the eastbound direction only starting May 23. Access into the construction zone will be maintained only from Drake Road and all traffic will exit the construction zone via Farmington Road. A detour route has been posted. This project is scheduled to be substantially completed and open to traffic by September 1.

Drake Road Rehabilitation, Grand River to 11 Mile Road

This paving project is underway. Drake Road will remain open during construction; however, it will be reduced to one lane with flag control during daytime hours as necessary.

9 Mile Road and Halsted Road Intersection

This project includes the improvement and modernization of the traffic signals, as well as pavement reconstruction with the addition of right turn lanes on all approaches of the intersection. This work will require a complete closure of the 9 Mile and Halsted intersection scheduled to start May 29. A detour route for 9 Mile Road as well as Halsted Road will be posted.

County Projects

10 Mile Road Maintenance Overlay, Orchard Lake to Telegraph

This project is substantially complete and open to traffic.

10 Mile Road Maintenance Overlay, Haggerty Road to Grand River Avenue

This project is substantially complete and open to traffic.

Haggerty Road Maintenance Overlay, 10 Mile Road to Pontiac Trail

This project is substantially complete and open to traffic.

Middlebelt Road, 10 Mile Road to 14 Mile Road

According to the Road Commission for Oakland County and Consumers Energy, this gas line maintenance and replacement project is scheduled to continue into the fall. Work will be completed with shoulder closures, lane closures, and under flag control as necessary.

This Wayne County concrete repair project is underway. According to Wayne County, this 1.2 mile stretch of road work is a continuation of the 2016 project that ran short on funds before all work was completed. A significant amount of the repair work is concentrated on the shared center left turn lane. Work is expected to take place under lane closures; however, one lane of traffic will be maintained in each direction. The entire project is scheduled to be completed by July 1.

For information about Road Commission for Oakland County projects, visit the RCOC website at http://www.rcocweb.org, and then check press releases and/or the real time traffic map.

Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT)

I-696 in Oakland County

This maintenance work includes concrete repair, joint repair, and flood mitigation efforts by the Michigan Department of Transportation. Nightly lane closures will be required for overnight work from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Thursday. There will also be 10 full closures of the freeway on weekends that will occur between 9 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday morning. Detours will be posted during these closures. Updates and closure dates will be forthcoming as they are made available by MDOT.

M-5 between Maple and Pontiac Lake Trail

M-5 is scheduled to close the weekend of May 19 to set bridge beams for the pedestrian bridge between Maple and Pontiac Lake Trail, one direction at a time, beginning Saturday at 6 a.m. with a scheduled completion by Sunday at 6 p.m.

Northbound M-5 will close first from Maple to Pontiac Lake Trail, and southbound remains open. Once northbound work is completed and reopened, southbound M-5 will close from Pontiac Lake Trail to Maple.

Detailed closure locations and dates for all MDOT projects can be found by visiting www.michigan.gov/drive then clicking on Construction Search.